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Posterity has not been kind to Douglas Haig- the commander of the British Expeditionary Force on the Western Front for much of the First World War. Haig has frequently been presented as a commander who sent his troops to slaughter in vast numbers at the Somme in 1916 and at Passchendaele the following year.The Good Soldier re-examines Haigs record in these battles and presents his predicament with a fresh eye. More importantly- it re-evaluates Haig himself- exploring the nature of the man- turning to both his early life and army career before 1914- as well as his unstinting work on behalf of ex-servicemens organizations after 1918. Finally- in this definitive biography- the man emerges from the myth....